Top Reputation Manager, shot by Pier Silvio Berlusconi. Armani and Urbano Cairo out of the top-10

Pier Silvio Berlusconi is currently the only top manager in the media sector present in the national top ten of reputation, according to the May 2025 ranking drawn up by the “Top Manager Reputation” Observatory (for the month of April), which every month monitors the online reputation of the top management of the main Italian companies. As usual, the top positions are occupied by key figures in the automotive, finance, energy and fashion sectors, which have always been central to the economic and institutional debate. In this context, Berlusconi's position stands out: he conquers second place overall, distinguishing himself as a unique case in the national managerial panorama.

For 22 months it has consistently led the “Media and Telco” sector ranking , maintaining the first position thanks to a reputation built on solidity, coherence and strategic vision. Its stable presence on the podium of Italian managerial reputation confirms the recognized value of its profile and underlines the increasingly central role of MFE – MediaForEurope in the European industrial and media system.

Top Manager Reputation: Orcel, Berlusconi-Messina on the podium in April. Armani and Urbano Cairo out of the top-10. Miuccia Prada soars

Close to the showdown. In April, first in the Top Manager Reputation (topmanagers.it), compiled by Reputation Manager SpA SB, the CEO of Unicredit Andrea Orcel (85.56), protagonist for months of the banking risk with the complex open games in Italy and Germany. Pier Silvio Berlusconi (85.31) rises by two and conquers the second, launching a takeover bid on Prosiebensat and closing an excellent 2024 of MFE. Third Carlo Messina (83.91), confirmed at the helm of Intesa Sanpaolo, who remains on the sidelines, at least for the moment. A move by him could shuffle the cards.

Fourth place for Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi (82.48), fifth place goes up one for Renato Mazzoncini (78.54), CEO of A2A who closed 2024 with a profit of 816 million and a historic record of almost 3 billion in investments.

Edition President Alessandro Benetton (78.18) also rose by one.

Seventh place for Renault CEO Luca de Meo (77.77), followed by Matteo Del Fante (77.30) of Poste, stable in eighth.

In ninth place out of two is Brunello Cucinelli (77.29), who receives an honorary doctorate in Architecture from the University of Campania. Stefano Venier (76.07) is tenth, followed by Giorgio Armani (75.87) in eleventh.

Illycaffè CEO Cristina Scocchia is up one, closing 2024 with record revenues and a 42% increase in profits. Urbano Cairo (71.16) is thirteenth, Pietro Labriola (71.02) is up one in fourteenth and Stefano Donnarumma (69.06) is fifteenth, bringing FS's 2024 revenues to 16.5 billion, up 12%. In sixteenth place, up four, is the coup of the month by Miuccia Prada (69.93) who acquires Versace.

In seventeenth place is Fincantieri CEO Pierroberto Folgiero (68.87), with a record 2024 number of orders, the construction of the world's largest cruise terminal in Miami for MSC and the first hydrogen cruise ship for Viking.

Closing the Top 20: Giuseppina Di Foggia (68.48), Luca Dal Fabbro (68.19) and Marina Berlusconi (66.75).

In the Top 100 on the rise: Stephan Winkelmann (32nd,+7); Giovanni Ferrero (45th,+7); Carlo Cimbri (54th,+5); Patrizio Bertelli (56th,+6); Benedetto Levi (65th,+5); Tommaso Tanzilli (74th,+17).